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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Conference of the Birds, pgs. 75-120.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the hoopoe's story about the spider, how did the spider spend his days?
(a) In constant fear.
(b) In waking dreams.
(c) In constant hunger.
(d) In self-communing dreams.

2. What did the "cowardly bird" claim was a "useless sacrifice"?
(a) Leaving his family.
(b) Giving up his home.
(c) The deaths of many birds on the journey.
(d) Giving up his wealth.

3. Whom did the hoopoe say the peacock had to crush?
(a) The grape.
(b) The lizard.
(c) The snake.
(d) Pride.

4. According the the Shiekh Sam'an, what did the Self ignore?
(a) The secrets of the Way.
(b) The color of Truth.
(c) The power of Pride.
(d) The history of the Fear.

5. What did Abbasseh say that the Self must choose between?
(a) Poverty and Riches.
(b) Faith and hell.
(c) Love and Hate.
(d) Pride and Humility.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the hoopoe have on his head?

2. Whom did the woodcutter say that God helps?

3. What did the duck claim to be as part of his excuse as to why he could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?

4. What was the hoopoe describing when he stated the following: "Your palace is a kennel with the rest...is your dungeon after death"?

5. What is the real reason that the nightingale said he could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?

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